Lewis koster



UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS KOSTER, OF HARRISVILLE, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RALPH RESSEGNIE, OF SAME PLACE.

CANT-HOOK FOR LOGGERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,724, dated May 27, 1890.

Application tiled September 11, 1889. Serial No. 323,621. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern: 1 of its rectangular faces, the lower end of Be it known that I, LEWIS KOSTER, a citithe recess being slightl)7 curved, as at 9, zen of the United States, residing at Harrisforming a shoulder, and gradually tapered or ville, in the county of Lewis and State of New inclined outwardly and terminating slightly York, have invented a new and useful Oantbelow the shank. The spur 7 is beveled, as 55 Hook for Loggers, of which the following is a at l0, and has a shank 1l bent at right specification. angles thereto, forming a curved shoulder l2,

This invention has relation to cantingand gradually tapered to the rear to conform hooks for loggers, and has particular refersubstantially to the contour of t-he recess.

1o ence to improvements of the spikes thereof. The shank of the spur being seated in the re- 6o Among the objects in view are to provide cess, the parts are brazed or welded together. a spike with a lateral spur, whereby the cant- The shank of the spike is now inserted in ing-hook as a whole is adapted for logs of the handle and the ferrule driven to place, varying sizes, and it is especially designed, by and it will thus be seen that the spur is upon I5 reason of the spur, for the turning of small the most rigid part of the device, and there- 6 5 logs or logs of such diminutive diameter as fore best adapted to act as the fulcruin of the to render turning of the saine awkward with cantin g lever or hook. the use of the ordinary hook. In the modification illustrated the differ- A further object of the invention is to loence consists in dividing the metal of the 2o cate the spur upon such portion of the hook stock of the shank to form a projecting por- 7o as to prevent liability of prying the same tion and bending the projecting portion up and its support from the handle, and this is from the spike-stock itself, and thus forming accomplished by locating the spur upon the the spur integral with the spike. I prefer, point or spike in a manner as will be hereinhowever, the former construction for some after referred to, and particularly pointed out purposes, as it can be applied to the present 75 irr the claims. form of cant-hooks without throwing away Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a the spikes, asthe spur can be simply welded perspective of a cant-hook provided with a to the spike, as shown. It will be apparent, spike constructed in accordance with my in-` also, that by having the spur 7 extend lat.-

3o vention. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of erally and across the lower end of ferrule and 8o the spike detached; Fig. 3, a detail in side in close proximity thereto said spur acts as a elevation of the spike previous to the applistop to the ferrule and prevents it from looscation of the spur, and Fig. 4 a detail of the ening and coming off.

spur. Fig. 5 is a modilied construction. Having thus described my invention, what Like numerals of reference indicate like I claim is- 85 parts in all the igures of the drawings. l. The combination, with the handle and l represents the handle or lever, and 2 the the pivoted dog or hook, of the spike secured spike,which is inclosed within the handle and to the lower end of the handle and a spur bound therein by the ferrule 3, to which is projecting laterally from the spike and in 4o pivoted in the usul manner the cantingalignment with the dog, substantially as speci- 9o hook et. The spike 2 consists of the tapered fied. point 5 and the opposite end or shank por- 2. A cant-hook, a spike having a recess extion 6. tending from substantially its point of bevel 7 represents the spur, which is located upon to near the inner end of its shank, and a the spike and intermediate the inner termispur-shank located In the recess and brazed 95 nation of the shank and the taper forming or welded thereto and terminating in a latthe point. erally-projecting spur, substantially as speci- There are various ways in which the spur fied. may be applied to the point; but I prefer to 3. A cant-hook havinga spike provided 5o provide the point with a recess S upon one with a recess formed 1n 1t, the lower end of Ioo which recess is provided With a curved shoulmyown I have hereto axxed my signature in der, the recess gradually diminishing toward presence of two witnesses. its rear cud, and a spur-shank eonformin g to the recess and brazcd thereto and termnatl LE I5 IXOSIER' 5 ing at its lower end in a 1ate1a11yprojeet \Vtnesses:

ing beveled spur, substantially as specified. CLARK WEED,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as E. I). LAKE. 

